2019-731-E Arts - Andrea Moore arts grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID:60E96CD9-F983-4BD7-9EBC-BA412FlB67DA Community Imn2rt Andrea Edith Moore commissioned the texts and the music for Family Secrets: Kith & Kin in 2014-15 with the specific goal of bringing her musical community together with writers and artists of the New South. The impact and response have touched a deep, positive nerve."The... evocative texts moved me to recall memories I didn't know I had." (Classical Voice of NC). This series of interconnected dramatic portraits explores and reveals secrets through the rooms, houses and scenes set in a small town that tell of murder, gossip, humor, regret, solace and ultimately... forgiveness. While Family Secrets Kith & Kin evokes a sense of southern place, it also paints a picture of "Any Town, USA" as Allan Gurganus posits "Everything the world does wrong, everything the world does best is found right here... Can't we each be saved from our worst selves?" The concert world-premiere in 2015 at UNC-CH was standing room only and the response spurred the work forward into a fully staged version by director Francesca Talenti to once-again sold-out audiences with North Carolina Opera in 2018. Both performances featured the photography of Hillsborough photographer Elizabeth Matheson as well as borrowed structures from the unparalleled private collection of American Folk Art Buildings of Steven Burke and Randy Campbell also of Hillsborough. Artwork featuring Matheson's photographs will be used for the Album design. As a fellow at the 2018 Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, Andrea further grew Family Secrets: Kith & Kin with the encouragement of Lab director, Elaine Martone who will produce the recording. A recording of the work is the next step to preserving and prolonging the life of this piece. The recording will be released to listeners everywhere in 2020 at the onset of a tour, currently in the planning stages and will be submitted for Grammy consideration.